Another good school from India

Msganti, are there any PhD programs (DL) you would recommend in terms of cost and willingness to work with Western students?

 

Johann - AFAIK as long as a school have current UGC/AICTE, they are good. I don't think past matters that much. After all, we all have a little mischievous past - don't we? ;-)

 

I don't think there are any PhD programs online right now that are suitable to those outside India. Madurai Kamaraj might have one. Go to THE INTERNATIONAL TAMIL UNIVERSITY, USA and try to call their US number.

 

Thank you. Got it.

 

Confession time: After reading all the above comments, and having dug a bit through Amity's website, I am tempted to continue my journalism program at this school. I just checked this page: Amity University Online and it seemed to me that this school (with the series of accreditation and recognition listed here and at their price) is (as my US friends will say) sick. I can't help but apply to the Journalism and Mass Comm program. I feel like an education prostitute.

 

Well, I sure do! Maybe more than a little! But I'm not a school :smile: I accept your point - but I hasten to add that Amity, as far as I know, never did get its AICTE approval back. The website I was reading said that Amity could proceed easily without it, relying completely on its UGC status.

So - If the school is OK with you -- it's OK with me.

Johann

 

I think we all have that in us, when it comes to education. It's the nature of the game. Nothing wrong with that -- nothing at all. :smile:
Just stay around the streetlights as much as possible - it's safer there. :smile:

Johann

 

Taken straight off from AICTE web site:
AICTE

All schools, including Amity, are good till AICTE comes up with the "process" - which, considering the bureaucracy, might take few months to years.

 

I have to admit, I'm giving serious thought to signing up for the BBA program at Amity. It's not just the cost, but the fact that the courses in the business program are all business courses, and I wouldn't have to take biology or public speaking or other courses which really have nothing to do with business, and in which I really have no interest. We live in a global economy now, and I have no issues with studying with a foreign school. I also like the fact that all the coursework and exams can be done online. For $460 per semester, I'm willing to give it a shot.

 

The only problem I can foresee is the utility of an Amity online or distance learning degree as it seemed that the university specifies on its degree the mode of learning. In the part of the world where I come from, even here in Europe, it is not uncommon for employers, friends, relatives, (you name them) to "disown" one who earns a degree online or via distance learning. I did a Google search and found this


Unless if there is something I do not know, it suggests that either all degrees earned online or via distance learning (in India) are considered not same as the ones earned in residence or Amity University does this their own way. Maybe it is not a problem in India, hence the reason they specified the mode of learning on the diploma...

 

I just found out in a chat with one of the Admissions Support personnel that the mode of learning will be written on an Amity University diploma. While this may not matter to some, to someone like me, it matters a lot. Is this what obtains among Indian universities?

 

I think the distance learning stigma is becoming less important to most people, since most colleges now offer distance learning programs. I don't have a degree yet, but work with many people who do. I don't think our employer has ever asked to see a diploma, let alone check transcripts or anything else.

 

You may be right. In my part of the world, the stigma is still there. If I understand Amity's program well, I think they have three modes of learning- campus, distance learning, and online. If the certificates for distance learning states the mode as DISTANCE LEARNING, I wonder what that of online will say. Of course the knowledge acquired during the studies should be what matters most but, also does the paper one gets at the end.

I guess ONE OF THE REASONS why people (especially on this forum and it's sister's) run away from schools like University of Phoenix is because of the stigma associated with it as an online school... Even though Phoenix also offers campus based courses, many are (to adapt Sanatone's words) "running away from it like plague" because employers and non employers alike assume that you took your courses online. Imagine what'l happen if you (in US) come with a diploma from a country other than the United States and on it IT STATES that you earned this degree via online learning...

 

good point

 

Yes, some do it for that reason. But I'd say few here on these fora, as most of us are familiar with online learning or if not, come here to learn more about it. The main reasons I hear around degree-fora for avoiding the online giants include the feeling of dealing with an unresponsive behemoth, the "assembly line" approach, "group project" nightmares and more than anything - the high cost. Indeed, where is is it written that online learning is supposed to cost MORE. Isn't one of the prime reasons for using online tech. that it makes education LESS expensive?

I'd say few here at DI run from Big Bird U because it's online. Many are here to learn more about online opportunities. Most forum-people likely run from that Uni. (or bail) for the other reasons I cited. I'd guess many of the people who avoid it simply because it's online, probably don't read or post here.

Johann

 

In general, employers are not too concern about online education. As a matter of fact, most progressive employers have tuition reimbursement plans to encourage online education. In a job interview, one can use online education to her advantage by showing she held down a challenging position, taking care of a family, and earning a master degree without incurring debt and taking time off.
The person who took times off, to be on campus, to earned the same degree is at a competitive disadvantage.

 

Indeed! What Phdtobe said! Absolutely! :smile: Proof of superb management skills, QED. (quod erat demonstrandum).

Johann

 

......huh?

 

Is it a grammar or substance error?